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Headed out to Phoenix
Beginning a journey to Phoenix
Driving all day
Traveling for an entire day
With a true love there beside me
Accompanied by a true love
To see a band from Memphis play
Going to see a band from Memphis
It was Phoenix where she'd grown up
Phoenix is her hometown
And how the summers burned
Reflecting on the intensity of Phoenix summers
I could see her youth and beauty and hard lessons learned
Observing her youth, beauty, and the lessons she learned
We rolled up to the house where she'd slept so many years
Arriving at the house where she spent many years
Met three generations of her family
Meeting three generations of her family without fear
Didn't find a single thing to fear
Feeling close and secure at her family's home
Held her close at Crescent Ballroom
Sharing a special moment at Crescent Ballroom on Valentine's Day
It was Valentine's Day
Experiencing ecstasy as the band starts playing
As the ecstasy kicked in the band began to play
Feeling proud to be with her and not wanting the night to end
Felt so proud to stand beside her
Taking a picture with the singer after the show
Wished we'd never have to go
Expressing a desire for the moment to last forever
Took her picture with the singer outside after the show
Recognizing the joy of the moment
At her sweet sister's apartment, I could see she was afraid
Noticing her fear at her sister's apartment
As the tears filled up her eyes I learned my faith had been misplaced
Realizing his faith in the relationship was misplaced
That was one thing that I did not see coming till it buried me alive
Unexpectedly experiencing a painful breakup
That road trip was just a long kiss goodbye, another reason to cry
Understanding the road trip was a farewell, a reason to cry
Well I've been shown that long kiss goodbye by a few women before
Reflecting on previous experiences of a painful goodbye
It's a cruel form of kindness when she don't know how to say
Describing the difficulty of expressing a goodbye when she doesn't know how
That she knows she's leaving something good
Acknowledging that she is leaving something good but not good enough to stay
Just not good enough to stay
Expressing the difficulty of the farewell
It was a long drive back across the desert, she requested "no sad songs"
Returning from Phoenix with a request for no sad songs
But she could not keep from crying
Struggling to hold back tears during the journey
I just focused on the long road
Focusing on the long road ahead
We both knew this was the comedown
Acknowledging the end of the emotional high
Nothing's ever what it seems
Realizing that things are not as they seemed
Stopped for ice cream, it tasted so cool
Stopping for ice cream as a moment of temporary relief
It still melted like our dream
Reflecting on the transient nature of their dream
I sit alone in my apartment, hard steel above my knees
Sitting alone and contemplating the memories in his apartment
Now there ain't much left but memories and nights like these
Facing the aftermath with memories and solitude
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